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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Job 5:20

He shall — These things he utters with more confidence, because the rewards or punishments of this life, were more constantly distributed to men in the Old Testament according to their good or bad behaviour, than they are now: and because it was his opinion, that great afflictions were the certain evidences of wickedness; and consequently, that great deliverances would infallibly follow upon true repentance.

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See also Job 5:20 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Job 5:20. _IN FAMINE HE SHALL REDEEM THEE_] The _Chaldee_, which understands this chapter as speaking of the _troubles and_ _deliverances of the Israelites in Egypt and the wilderness_, renders...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    IN FAMINE HE SHALL REDEEM THEE - That is, will deliver thee from death. On the meaning of the word “redeem,” see the notes at Isaiah 43:1, Isaiah 43:3. FROM THE POWER OF THE SWORD - Margin, as in Hebr...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER S 4-5 THE FIRST ADDRESS OF ELIPHAZ _ 1. He rebukes Job (Job 4:1)_ 2. The righteous are not cast off (Job 4:6) 3. An awe-inspiring vision (Job 4:12) 4. Experience and exhortation ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    Eliphaz advises Job to accept the Divine discipline so that God may again show Himself gracious. As for me, instead of being impatient like a fool, I would seek unto God (_cf._ Job 1:21; Job 2:10). Jo...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    FAMINE. famishing. Hebrew. _ra'gab._ Compare Job 5:22. POWER. Hebrew. hands. Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6. hands put for the destructive power which is in them....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The imagination of Eliphaz himself kindles as he contemplates the universal goodness of God. And Job seems to him happy in being made the object even of God's afflictions, for He afflicts only with th...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Eliphaz, in Job's place, would seek unto God, all whose ways are marked by one purpose, to do good, and whose chastisements, therefore, but open the way to a richer blessing The passage attaches itse...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 455 THE SECURITY OF GOD’S PEOPLE Job 5:19. He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from th...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    b) Accept his chastening and enjoy his blessings. (Job 5:17-27) TEXT 5:17-27 17 BEHOLD, HAPPY IS THE MAN WHOM GOD CORRECTETH: Therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty. 18 For he m...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _IN FAMINE HE SHALL REDEEM THEE FROM DEATH: AND IN WAR FROM THE POWER OF THE SWORD._ Power - (Jeremiah 18:21 - "Famine ... force," literally, hands, "of the sword:" the two chief sources of public ca...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE FIRST SPEECH OF ELIPHAZ (CONCLUDED) 1-5. Eliphaz warns Job that to show a resentful temper at God's dispensations is folly, and that fools never prosper....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Eliphaz promised many good things if Job would trust God. And Eliphaz was right. God cares about his people. See Deuteronomy 28:1-14. God promises us many wonderful things. But we may not receive all...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD Job _KEITH SIMONS_ Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible. This commentary has been through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 5 ELIPHAZ CONTINUES HIS FIR...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    HE SHALL REDEEM THEE. — It is rather, h_e hath redeemed thee,_ as though the speaker could appeal to Job’s own experience in the matter which itself became a ground of confident hope for the future....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    בְּ֭ רָעָב פָּֽדְךָ֣ מִ מָּ֑וֶת וּ֝ בְ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    VII. THE THINGS ELIPHAZ HAD SEEN Job 4:1; Job 5:1 ELIPHAZ SPEAKS THE ideas of sin and suffering against which the poem of Job was written come now dramatically into view. The belief of the three fr...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE BENEFITS OF CHASTISEMENT Job 5:1 In this chapter Eliphaz closes his first speech. He had already suggested that Job's sufferings were the result of some secret sin. It could not be otherwise acco...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Proceeding, Eliphaz asked Job to whom he would appeal, to which of the holy ones, that is, as against the truth which he had declared, or in defense of himself. In the light of evident guilt, all vexa...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (19) He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. (20) In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword. (21) Thou shalt be hid...

  • John Brown Commentaries Selected Books of the Bible

    Eliphaz Relying on Experience I. INTRODUCTION F. Job 5:1-3 (NKJV) "Call out now; Is there anyone who will answer you? And to which of the holy ones will you turn? 2 For wrath kills a foolish man, A...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4 THROUGH 31. As to the friends of Job, they do not call for any extended remarks. They urge the doctrine that God's earthly government is a full measure and...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    IN FAMINE HE SHALL REDEEM THEE FROM DEATH,.... In a time of extreme want of provisions, God so cares for his own dear people, that they shall not be starved to death by the famine; so in the famine in...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword. Ver. 20. _In famine he shall redeem thee from death_] They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _In famine he shall redeem thee from death_ From that terrible kind of death. Eliphaz might think that Job feared perishing by want, as being so poor, that he needed the contributions of his friends f...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    In famine He shall redeem thee from death, Psalms 33:19, AND IN WAR FROM THE POWER OF THE SWORD, so that it cannot strike and kill....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    ELIPHAZ ADMONISHES JOB TO BEAR HIS TRIAL PATIENTLY...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    FURTHER OBSERVATIONS BY ELIPHAZ (vv.1-27) Eliphaz suggests to Job that he call out to creatures for help, even to holy ones - holy men or angels, - and see if anyone will answer him (v.1). He is imp...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    POWER: _ Heb._ from the hands...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    17-27 Eliphaz gives to Job a word of caution and exhortation: Despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty. Call it a chastening, which comes from the Father's love, and is for the child's good; a...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    IN FAMINE; which Job might be thought to fear, as being so poor that he needed his friends contributions for his relief. FROM DEATH; from that terrible kind of death. These things he utters with more...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Job 5:20 famine H7458 redeem H6299 (H8804) death H4194 war H4421 power H3027 sword H2719 famine -...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    REDEEM (_ See Scofield) - (Exodus 14:30), _ (_ See Scofield) - (Isaiah 59:20). _...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Eliphaz's discourse continued. CHARACTERS: God, Eliphaz, Job. CONCLUSION: Even Satan may be God's servant to make better saints of us, the blow at the outward man proving the greatest bles...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Job 5:1. _To which of the saints wilt thou turn?_ Men in anguish look every way for help, but how can either angel or departed spirit of the just help us, without a special command from heaven. Men sh...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JOB—NOTE ON JOB 5:19 FROM SIX TROUBLES; IN SEVEN (v. Job 5:19). The numbers are used symbolically to draw particular attention to the final element: if Job will accept his situation

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _THE FIRST SPEECH OF ELIPHAZ.—CONTINUED_ I. Application of the Vision (Job 5:1). “Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints (‘holy ones’—probably _angels_, as Job 15:...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION JOB 5:1 Eliphaz, having narrated his vision, and rehearsed the words which the spirit spoke in his ear, continues in his own person, first (Job 5:1) covertly reproaching Job, and then (ver...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Call now (Job 5:1), Eliphaz is saying to Job. if there be any that will answer you; and to which of the saints will thou turn? (Job 5:1) Now it would seem that maybe in those days there were those...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 17:6; Genesis 45:7; Habakkuk 3:17; Hosea 13:14; Isaiah 33:16;...

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